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The menu separates games up into starters, which are quick and easy games; sharers, where players need to work together; and mains – games which can take an hour or longer to play.

Owner Nick Smith explained the atmosphere and ambience he hopes to create.

It will take you some time to get through all the games

He said: “My absolute dream would be we would have a couple of elderly gentlemen playing chess every week next to a grandmother with her grandkids next to parents with their toddlers next to a bunch of girls on the early stages of a hen night.”

If you were on a hen night Nick suggests you might choose a game called Ca$h ‘n Guns where participants argue over who will have the money and point “silly” rubber guns at each other.

There is a menu listing all the different games to choose between

Or, of course, there is the classic moral dilemma “would you ever” game called Scruples – if the bride-to-be dares.

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Nick, who has made the move from running an IT business to setting up his café, said: “We hope the daytime atmosphere will be very different to the evening atmosphere.

Some of the first visitors to Ludoquist get stuck into a game

“During the week we hope we will get office workers coming in for a coffee or panini and just playing a game during their lunch hour.”

The 50-year-old, who lives in Thurlby Road, West Norwood, co-owns the café with his wife Carrie, who is in charge of the food, recruitment and finances, while their daughter Grace is taking care of its social media accounts.

The café is on the High Street (Image: David Cook)

The food menu will include “home-cooked” shareable bowl food such as curries and stews, which you can eat with one hand while rolling a dice with the other.

There will be bagels, paninis, cakes, snacks, coffees, craft beer and wine on the menu too.

There is also a chill-out nook filled with nerdy books and graphic novels

The Ludoquist will hold regular Scrabble tournaments run by Brett Smitheram, the game's 2016 world champion and a Purley resident, and has plans to launch local chess competitions.